Chaco Province - Provincia del Chaco

The Chaco Province it's one of 23 provinces of the Argentina, located in the northeast as part of the North Grande Arge Region

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Urban conglomerates of more than 10,000 inhabitants in 2001:

Tourist attractions

  • The National Dorado Fishing Festival on the Island of Cerrito; the National Cotton Festival in the Roque Sáenz Peña Presidency and the International Biennial of Sculptures in Resistance attract a significant amount of public.
  • Chaco National Park, a national park that preserves the eastern Chaco biome. Its entrance is near the town of Captain Solari.
  • Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña hot springs: of recognized quality in the center of the city.
  • Villa Rio Bermejito, picturesque coastal town and spa on the Bermejito river, about 200 km from Sáenz Peña.
  • Cerrito Island, the main destination due to the number of tributaries, it is a common destination for sport fishermen. The national gold return fishing tournament attracts tourists from many areas of the country.
  • International Sculpture Biennial, an important event that takes place every two years in the capital of the province, where sculptors from Argentina and the rest of the world create their works of art for a week in public view. The results remain as permanent heritage of the city, which adds to its already more than 400 outdoor sculptures.
  • Sáenz Peña Zoo: specializes in conserving endangered species adapted to the hot climate of the area where there is a variety of more than 5000 species of birds and almost 1500 specimens of mammals and reptiles.
  • Field of Heaven, located to the southwest of the province near the border with Santiago del Estero. In this place about 20,000 years ago a meteor shower sowed space rocks, which has the second meteorite largest found on Earth.
  • New Pompeii Mission, a town located in the heart of the Impenetrable, where the remains of an ancient indigenous reduction are preserved.
  • National Cotton Festival, and the Feri-Chaco, in the town of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, an agricultural and commercial fair held alongside it, gathers thousands of visitors every year. In this exhibition machinery, services are presented, and the election of the National Queen of Cotton and Queen of the Ferichaco is made.
  • The paranacito, spa on the Paranacito river, 20 kilometers south of Resistencia.

See also